In conjunction with the funding, Mike Volpi, Index partner and former Cisco executive, joins Lookout’s board of directors.

Commenting on the funding, CEO and founder John Hering said: “This investment will help Lookout expand to other platforms and develop additional security services to protect consumers”.

Lookout’s cloud-connected solutions deliver advanced protection for smartphones from malware and spyware, data backup and recovery, and can locate a missing device if it is lost or stolen. It has users across 400 mobile networks in 170 countries. Lookout’s mobile application is available for Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices.